Sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, finds herself stereotyped and depicted as a “hoodlum” following the release of her debut song, written in response to being assaulted by school security guards.

Barton, Chris. What Do You Do with a Voice like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Illus. by Ekua Holmes. 2018. 48p. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane, $17.99 (9781481465625). Grades 2-4.

A picture book biography of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, the first Black woman to be elected to the Texas legislature, and the first Black woman from the South to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.